January 19, 2014, 10:09AM

The details of the boating crash were haunting: A power boat slammed into a man and his 10-year-old son fishing from a kayak, shearing off the boy's left arm and puncturing his lung as his distraught father tried in vain to save him. Full story »

July 04, 2012, 7:00AM

June 22, 2012, 4:46PM

6-22-12 - Northampton- Republican staff photo by Don Treeger- Sentencing of Steven J. Morse in Hampshire Superior Court for the boating death of 10 year old Gus Adamopoulos. Here, Morse's attorney Michael Jennings speaks to the court at the hearing.

June 22, 2012, 4:46PM

6-22-12 - Northampton- Republican staff photo by Don Treeger- Sentencing of Steven J. Morse in Hampshire Superior Court for the boating death of 10 year old Gus Adamopoulos. This is a 2009 family photo of Gus.

June 22, 2012, 4:46PM

6-22-12 - Northampton- Republican staff photo by Don Treeger- Sentencing of Steven J. Morse in Hampshire Superior Court for the boating death of 10 year old Gus Adamopoulos. This is a drawing made by Gus kept in a family scrapbook.

June 22, 2012, 4:46PM

6-22-12 - Northampton- Republican staff photo by Don Treeger- Sentencing of Steven J. Morse in Hampshire Superior Court for the boating death of 10 year old Gus Adamopoulos. Here, prosecutor Matthew Thomas speaks to the judge. On the left is defense attorney Michael Jennings and in the center is Steven Morse.

June 22, 2012, 4:46PM

6-22-12 - Northampton- Republican staff photo by Don Treeger- Sentencing of Steven J. Morse in Hampshire Superior Court for the boating death of 10 year old Gus Adamopoulos. Here, Morse is brought into the courtroom.

June 22, 2012, 4:46PM

6-22-12 - Northampton- Republican staff photo by Don Treeger- Sentencing of Steven J. Morse in Hampshire Superior Court for the boating death of 10 year old Gus Adamopoulos. Here, from left, Gus' mother Helen Stefanyszyn, father James Adamopoulos, and sister Ava Adamopoulos speak to the media following the hearing.

June 22, 2012, 4:46PM

6-22-12 - Northampton- Republican staff photo by Don Treeger- Sentencing of Steven J. Morse in Hampshire Superior Court for the boating death of 10 year old Gus Adamopoulos. Here, Morse reads a statement to the judge right before sentencing.

June 22, 2012, 4:46PM

6-22-12 - Northampton- Republican staff photo by Don Treeger- Sentencing of Steven J. Morse in Hampshire Superior Court for the boating death of 10 year old Gus Adamopoulos. With tears streaming down her cheek, Gus' sister Ava Adamopoulos tries to keep her composure as her father James reads an impact statement to the court.

June 22, 2012, 4:30PM

"The expression on his son's face turned from anguish to serenity and he turns to his father and say, 'Let me die,'" prosecutor Matthew Thomas said. "You can;t be a human being and not be moved by that." Full story »

June 12, 2012, 4:31PM

Adamopoulos, who teaches boradcastr journalism at Central High School in Springfield, repeatedly told his son that he loved him and that he would be alright as the ambulance arrived and took them both away. Full story »